New Year Resolutions for Stress Relief

Many people don’t realize that the way they see the world has a heavy impact on their stress level, but it’s true: pessimism and negative self-talk can cause you significant amounts of stress. Whether you see situations threats or challenge, beneficial or negative, stressful or exciting, is a matter of your point of view. Fortunately, your point of view can be changed with practice. How much happier, more productive, and less stressed could you be if you omitted some self-defeating thought patterns? The following resources can help you discover whether or not you can benefit from a new perspective.

• Quiz: Are You An Optimist or a Pessimist?

• Stress and Self Sabotage

• The Benefits of Optimism

• How to Develop Positive Self Talk